And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, La date de la prophétie se situe entre le sixième mois de la sixième année de règne de Sédécias et le cinquième mois de la septième année après l'enlèvement de Jojakin - c'est-à-dire cinq ans avant la destruction de Jérusalem (Henderson).... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel; PRÉSENTEZ UNE ÉNIGME - une allégorie continue, exprimée de façon énigmatique, nécessitant plus qu'une perspicacité commune et une réflexion sérieuse. L'hébreu, [ chiydaah (H2420)] est dérivé d'une racine [chaadad] 'êtr... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar: UN GRAND AIGLE - le roi des oiseaux. L'hébreu littéral est «le grand aigle». Le symbole du dieu suprême assyrien,... [ Continuer la lecture ]
He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants. IL ... L'A GAGNÉ DANS UN PAYS DE TRAFIC ... UNE VILLE DE MARCHANDS - Babylone (2 Rois 24:15 - 2 Rois 24:16), célèbre pour son trafic de transport sur le Tigre et l'Euphrate; aussi... [ Continuer la lecture ]
He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree. IL A ÉGALEMENT PRIS DE LA GRAINE DE LA TERRE - pas une production étrangère, mais un indigène de la région; un fils du sol, pas un étranger: Sédécias, oncle de Joj... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs. IL ... EST DEVENU UNE PLANTE GRIMPANTE DE FAIBLE STATURE - pas maintenant, comme avant, un maje... [ Continuer la lecture ]
There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation. IL Y AVAIT AUSSI UN AUTRE GRAND AIGLE - le roi d'Égypte (Ézéchiel 17:15).... [ Continuer la lecture ]
It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine. IL A ÉTÉ PLANTÉ DANS UN BON SOL. Ce n'était pas le manque des nécessités de la vie, ni l'oppression de la part de Nabuchodonosor, qui a provoqué la rév... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof. VA-T-IL PROSPÉRER? Serait-ce q... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the furrows where it grew. OUI, VOICI, ÉTANT PLANTÉ, CELA PROSPÉRERA-T-IL? - i: e., bien que planté. VENT D'EST. Le vent d'est était nocif pour la végétation en Palesti... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_MOREOVER THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME UNTO ME, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babylon; NE SAVEZ-VOUS PAS CE QUE CES CHOSES SIGNIFIENT? Il les a critiquées avec m... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And hath taken of the king's seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land: ET A PRIS DE LA SEMENCE DU ROI - Sédécias, l'oncle de Jechoniah. LUI A PRÊTÉ SERMENT - jurer fidélité en tant que vassal à Nabuchodonosor (2 Chroniques 36:... [ Continuer la lecture ]
That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand. QUE LE ROYAUME SOIT BAS - i: e., bas quant à l'élévation nationale, en étant à la charge de Nabuchodonosor; mais, en même temps, sûr et prospère s'il est fidèle au «serment». Neb... [ Continuer la lecture ]
But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered? MAIS IL S'EST REBELLÉ. Dieu a permis cela à cause de sa colère contre Jé... [ Continuer la lecture ]
As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die. SÛREMENT DANS LE LIEU OÙ HABITE LE ROI QUI L'A ÉTABLI ROI, DONT IL MÉPRISAIT LE SERMENT ... MÊME... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company make for him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building forts, to cut off many persons: PHARAON - Pharaon-hophra (Jérémie 37:7; Jérémie 44:30), le successeur de Necho (2 Rois 23:29). PHARAON ET SA PUISSANTE ARMÉE NE FERONT PAS NO... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these things, he shall not escape. VOYANT QU'IL MÉPRISAIT LE SERMENT ... QUAND, VOILÀ, IL AVAIT DONNÉ SA MAIN - en ratification du serment (2 Rois 10:15; Esdras 10:19), et aussi en signe de s... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his own head. MON SERMENT QU'IL A MÉPRISÉ ... MÊME SI JE LE RÉCOMPENSERAI SUR SA PROPRE TÊTE. L '"alliance", étant jurée au nom de Dieu, était... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his trespass that he hath trespassed against me. JE VAIS ÉTENDRE MON FILET SUR LUI - (Ézéchiel 12:13; Ézéchiel 32:3). Dieu le piège comme il avait essayé de pi... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward all winds: and ye shall know that I the LORD have spoken it. TOUS SES FUGITIFS ... TOMBERONT PAR L'ÉPÉE - les soldats qui l'accompagnent dans sa fuite.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent: JE PRENDRAI AUSSI DE LA PLUS HAUTE BRANCHE DU HAUT CÈDRE, ET JE LA PLACERAI. Quan... [ Continuer la lecture ]
In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell. SOUS LUI HABITERONT TOUTES LES VOLAILLES. L '"arbre à moutarde... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the LORD have spoken and have done it. MOI, LE SEIGNEUR, J'AI ABATTU LE GRAND ARBRE, J'AI EXALTÉ L'ARBRE B... [ Continuer la lecture ]